Master of Music
Program code
5771
Available at
Nathan
Gold Coast
Mount Gravatt
Logan
South Bank
Online
Offshore
Other
Duration
1.5 years full-time
3 years part-time
Credit points
120
Indicative fee
$9,000.00* per year (more)
* 2025 indicative annual CSP
fee
About this program
Enhance your expertise in your musical profession
In the Master of Music, you'll choose specialisations to suit your professional goals and collaborate with peers with the goal of developing curiosity, learning independence, creativity, and pedagogical agility.
Queensland Conservatorium is one of Australia¿s leading music and performing arts schools, offering state of the art facilities, renowned lecturers and intense creative immersion, to prepare you to navigate and shape the future of music.
Majors
Pedagogy
Develop your teaching skillset with a focus on experiential cross-training design, while building your knowledge and personal experience across a range of styles. Conservatorium teaching draws on the strengths of existing classical and contemporary training models.
Vocal pedagogy at Queensland Conservatorium is particularly renowned and is designed for both emerging and experienced singing voice teachers working in private studio, group classes, early childhood music, or choral settings.
You will engage in lectures and one-to-one lessons in your chosen genre, as well as a series of crossover lessons in genre-specific exercises and repertoire.
Artistic Practices
We welcome practitioners from a wide range of musical genres and disciplines, including performance (e.g. classical, jazz, contemporary), composition, conducting, songwriting, music technology.
Whether you are coming directly from an undergraduate degree or looking to upskill for professional or personal reasons, Queensland Conservatorium delivers one-on-one lessons with world class staff, alongside workshops suited to your own area of focus.
You will also develop research skills related to your area through the creation of exegeses, which provides deeper exploration into creative work.
Careers
You will be equipped to explore further study, performance, teaching and research opportunities. Potential careers include music education, performance, publishing, broadcasting and production, and arts administration.
Attendance information
This program is offered full-time and on-campus.
Student Income Support
To be classed as a full-time student, you are required to enrol in a minimum number of credit points each standard study period. The minimum credit points for full-time enrolment in this program is 30 credit points.
Trimester 1 and Trimester 2 are deemed standard study periods. As Trimester 3 is a non-standard study period, continuing students moving from one year to the next will not be required to study during this trimester to be eligible for student income support.
Domestic students who commence in Trimester 3 may be eligible for student income support from the onset of study provided they are enrolled full-time in this study period.
Please refer to the Australian Government website for more details.
Managing Study Interruptions
Leave of AbsenceTaking a leave of absence from this program is permitted, subject to conditions outlined in the Enrolment Procedure and receiving approval from the Program Director or their nominee.
Readmission
Students seeking readmission to this program require approval from the Program Director. If readmission is sought for Trimester 1, application should be made by the first week of August in the previous year. For readmission to Trimester 2, application should be made at least three months prior to the commencement of that trimester. An audition may be required.
Commonwealth supported students
- The indicative fee represents the expected average fee for an annual full-time study load (80 credit points). This is based on average study patterns across courses and the Australian Government's broad discipline areas (student contribution bands). A student's actual annual fee may vary in accordance with his or her choice of majors and electives. The Australian Government sets student contribution amounts on an annual basis.
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Fee-paying postgraduate (domestic) students
Indicative annual tuition fee
The indicative annual tuition fee is calculated based on a standard full-time study load which is usually 80 credit points.
The indicative annual tuition fee is based on current conditions and available data and should only be used as a guide. These fees are reviewed annually and are subject to change.
Tuition fees
- A fee-paying postgraduate student pays tuition fees.
- Students are liable for tuition fees for the courses they are enrolled in as at the census date.
- The tuition fee for students who commence their program prior to 2014 is charged according to the approved program fee for the trimester in which the student commenced the program.
- The tuition fee for students who commence their program from 2014 onwards is charged according to the approved program fee for the trimester in which the student is enrolled.
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Program fees for the Master of Music (5771)
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Tuition fees for your degree program
Changing programs
If a postgraduate student changes to a different program they will be subject to the approved program fee for the trimester in which they are enrolled.